COLLEGE WRAP: TCNJ women's lacrosse dealt rare home loss

EWING — Alex Spark tallied five times, but sixth-ranked TCNJ (4-1) fell behind the third-ranked Cortland (4-1) early and were dealt a rare home loss, 15-13, on a snowy Saturday afternoon.

The Red Dragons’ Maria Di Fato scored five goals, becoming just the third player in program history to reach 200 tallies.

Virginia 9, Princeton 7

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The Tigers fell behind 6-2 at intermission to the ninth-ranked Cavaliers, and despite a second-half rally, dropped their second game of the season. Sarah Lloyd and Jaci Gassaway tallied two each for Princeton (3-2), which visits Rutgers on Tuesday.

MEN’S LACROSSE

St. John’s 20, Rutgers 13

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NEW YORK — The Red Storm made it four straight over the struggling Scarlet Knights (2-6, 0-1), who have lost five in a row.

Penn 11, Princeton 10

PHILADELPHIA — The Tigers lost by one goal for the second straight game, this time the archrival Quakers in the Ivy Opener.

Mike MacDonald had four goals and Tom Schreiber added three for Princeton (4-2, 0-1).

The game was delayed 65 minutes by lightning.

SOFTBALL

Lakeland 2, Mercer 1

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Kiele Eichlin struck out 11 but was the hard-luck loser as the Vikings (4-1) couldn’t muster anything offensively other than three hits by Courtney Clee.

Utah Valley 5, Rider 4

Rider 4, Army 3

KISSIMMEE, Fla. — Dana Sensi capped a two-out rally in the bottom of the seventh with an RBI single as the Broncs (3-15) beat the Black Knights to earn a split at the Rebel Spring Games.

Oklahoma St. 2, Rutgers 1

Rutgers 4, Boston Univ. 3

CLEARWATER, Fla. — The Scarlet Knights (8-9) surrendered two runs in the bottom of the eighth, dropping the opener to the Cowgirls, but came back to beat the Terriers as Alex Durando drove in the winning run with a single in the fifth.

BASEBALL

Rutgers 9, Richmond 8

RICHMOND, Va. — Corey Lerche hit a solo homer in the top of the 10th as the Scarlet Knights (5-9) hit three longballs in a win over the Spiders.